EMS Strategic Planning

The primary goal of the Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Readiness Assessment and associated resources is to help ambulance agency leaders in rural America assess the state of their agency’s readiness in the core competency areas created following the Small Rural Hospital Blueprint for Performance Excellence and Value, adapted specifically for rural ambulance agencies from the Baldridge Excellence Framework for Health Care.

Strategic Planning core competencies for the ambulance agency include:

• The leadership team incorporates transformative concepts (such as EMS 3.0) into its strategic planning. 
• The leadership team can communicate to all staff the ambulance agency's vision and strategies for transitioning. 
• Leadership regularly communicates transformative concepts to the ambulance agency's governing board. 
• The agency educates patients, partners, and the community on the agency's vision and strategies for the transformation through various modes, including social media.

Strategic Planning Resources for Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Moving from Loaded Miles to Value-Based Models: Flex Program Support for Rural Emergency Care

National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center)

EMS Agenda 2050: A People-Centered Vision for the Future of Emergency Medical Services

EMS Agenda 2050 Technical Expert Panel

EMS Agenda for the Future

NHTSA, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future (1.34 MB)

National Rural Health Association, Kevin K. McGinnis

Promoting Innovations in EMS

Promoting Innovation in EMS Steering Committee

Attributes of a Successful Rural Ambulance Service

Wisconsin Office of Rural Health

The EMS Transformation - Moving to "EMS 3.0"

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)

The Rural Community Paramedicine Toolkit

Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)

Rural Emergency Medical Services Integration Guide

The Center

Make Informed Decisions about Rural EMS

RHIhub